champlevé

champlevé

(shäNləvā`), technique for the enamelenamel,a siliceous substance fusible upon metal. It may be so compounded as to be transparent or opaque and with or without color, but it is usually employed to add decorative color. It was used to decorate jewelry in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome......Click the link for more information. decoration of metal objects. It was used by the Celts and Romans and employed by medieval metalworkers for jewelry and reliquariesreliquary, receptacle containing the relics of saints and other sacred objects of the Christian religion. Reliquaries were often designed in shapes that reflected the nature of their contents, such as hands, shoes, buildings, and heads......Click the link for more information. until the 14th cent. Champlevé is produced by hollowing out parts of a design in metal and filling in the hollows with enamel. The technique has been revived by 20th-century craft-workers.

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